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Several of the diseases which Dr. Haas said might be spread by saboteurs or enemy raiders cannot be effectively guarded against by inoculation-e.g., influenza, parrot fever, Q fever, tularemia, some fungus infections, botulism.* And even in cases where immunity can be given, individual inoculation is costly and cumbersome. Dr. Haas suggests that forward-looking researchers try to figure out a way of giving simultaneous protection to hundreds of people in an auditorium by forcing the immunizing agent into the air-circulating system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Poisoned Air | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

...WANTED, A PARROT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Pampered Parrot | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...makers of HADACOL,* a vitamin and mineral formula, are seeking the services of a parrot that will say distinctly, many times a day, 'Polly wants HADACOL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Pampered Parrot | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...owner of such a .bird, if selected, will be given a reasonable compensation on a contract basis. The owner and the parrot will travel in a limousine with the parrot's name engraved in gold on the door and will stay only at the best hotels. The parrot will be furnished a gold cage and its life insured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Pampered Parrot | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...parrot will visit large drugstores, perform at conventions, etc., and may be presented on radio and television. The Le Blanc Corporation has a triple A high credit rating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Pampered Parrot | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

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